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Saturday, 27 August 2011
Unexpected GCSE Success at Your Local School
Boys bucked the national trend, performing better than girls by 5 per cent.
Top performer at Your Local School was teenager Top Pupil (16), who acheived a clean-sweep of A* grades, including Maths and English. She said "It's hard to describe the feeling really. It's fantastic."
Now Top, who hopes to become a vet, will go to Your Local College to study for A Levels. She also plays the clarinet, and has recently been on tour with the Country Youth Orchestra.
At Your Local School, a stunning 92 per cent of students picked up five or more A* to C marks, hot on the heels of last week’s 96 per cent A-level pass rate.
These results are among the best in the country.
Head teacher Robert Teacher, due to retire after today’s results and 18 years in charge, was buoyed by the students’ success, saying: “I’m very pleased. The pressure on them now is far greater than it ever used to be since they are under pressure all the time, but these are the best results we’ve ever had."
The national A*-C pass rate rose for the 23rd year in a row, figures show.
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